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A 54-Year-Old Patient Presented to the Emergency Room with a Gunshot

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A 54-year-old patient presented to the emergency room with a gunshot wound in the back exiting through the front. A CT scan shows some renal damage to the right kidney and a renal exploration is ordered. The surgeon has been called in and the patient is taken to surgery to examine the renal structure. Making an incision over the gunshot wound, the surgeon examines both the blood vessels and the kidney. The trauma has caused a hematoma to the kidney, which has not spread, so the surgeon closes and the patient is sent to the floor for observation. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.


A) 50549, S31.021A, S31.001A, W34.00xA
B) 50010, S31.001A, S37.091A, W34.00xA
C) 50580, S31.119A, S37.009A, W34.00xA
D) 50010, S31.100A, S37.069, W34.00xA

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